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Library (In-House)
Library (In-House)
Library Closed October 23 - 25 as we combine the Weyerhaeuser Reading Room and the Hubbs Microfilm Room into one research space.
Use the request materials form for on-site researchers to request materials for today’s visit.
Try our new Advanced Search in MN People Records Search, now available for onsite users!
Search
- Library & Archives Catalog
- Collections Online (includes photos)
- Archival Finding Aids
- New and Improved! Minnesota People Records Search: Birth, death, state census, veterans’ grave, and Gold Star Roll records
Additional search tools
- Public Portal to Minnesota Department of Health Records (See staff for access, log in required)
- Ancestry.com
- FamilySearch.org
- Fold3
- Fire Insurance Maps Online (in Color)
- MOMS Marriage Index
- WorldCat (OCLC)
- Minnesota Place Names (not currently available)
Search for news articles
- Minnesota Digital Newspaper Hub
- Historic Minneapolis Tribune (1867–2001)
- Newspapers.com
- Chronicling America Newspapers (New interface)
- Chronicling America Newspapers (Classic interface)
- Minneapolis Labor Review
- Minneaplis Star Tribune (1986–)
- St. Paul Pioneer Press (2010–2021)
- Swedish American Newspapers
- Winona Newspapers Project
- eLibrary MN (ELM)
Search for scholarly articles
Other MNHS resources
Other useful websites
- ArchiveGrid
- American Memory (Library of Congress)
- Business name look-up (Secretary of State)
- Cemeteries:
- American Battle Monuments Commission (includes overseas burials)
- Veterans Gravesite Locator (nationwide and Fort Snelling)
- Civil War Soldiers and Sailors index
- Copyright Tools
- Land Records Search (BLM-GLO)
- Legislative History Step by Step
- MN Court Forms
- MN Digital Library - Reflections
- MN Legislative Reference Library
- MN Session Laws Online, 1849-
- MN State Agencies, Boards, Task Forces, etc.
- MnKnows - Dig Deeper @ Your Library
- National Archives (NARA)
- Naturalization Index for Minnesota
- UMBRA: Search African American History
